Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released seven albums.
Born in Westmount, to South African immigrants who had arrived in Montreal three weeks earlier,[1] Roberts grew up on Cedar Avenue in Pointe-Claire, where his family moved to when he was five years old.
[4] After disbanding Northstar, Roberts recorded a twelve track demo, "Brother Down",[2] which formed the basis for the EP, The Inhuman Condition released in 2002.
MapleMusic released the six track EP culled from the demo with Roberts noting that "it is not something I had intended to be my first real foray into the music world but I couldn't turn my back on such a chance".
[7] In 2003, he released his major label debut album, We Were Born in a Flame, with the singles "Where Have All the Good People Gone?"
The second single, "Bridge to Nowhere", won the Juno Award for Video of the Year in 2007 and the album achieved platinum sales status.
Terraform was later nominated for a 2017 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year, losing to The Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem.
[14] The band's seventh studio album, All of Us, was released worldwide on October 16, 2020, on Secret Weapon / Known Accomplice.
On October 20, 2023, Sam Roberts Band released their new album The Adventures Of Ben Blank, featuring the tracks "Picture Of Love" and "I Dream Of You".